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“Entrenched car culture”: Brits spending up to 19% of income on cars is stifling active travel, claims cycling campaign group

Despite Bike Is Best's report showing the eye-watering figures people will pay to keep their cars on the road, 48% of respondents said they could not afford a bike

Mon, Jan 09, 2023 12:51
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South London, Kent and Surrey borders

New warning as thieves target cyclists in countryside around London

Muggers are encouraged by high rewards and little chance of being caught, says Cycling UK

Fri, Dec 30, 2022 16:39
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Getting unused bikes out of sheds and garages and back on road works, says Cycling UK

Charity says one in three people responding to its Big Bike Revival initiative use bike for one in two journeys they previously did by car

Thu, Dec 29, 2022 19:22
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New Forest rider and pony (CC licensed by iNew Forest:Flickr)

New Forest chiefs’ anti-cycling attitude akin to apartheid advocates, says local club

The Verderers’ Court’s renewed call for off-route cyclists to be prosecuted has sparked accusations of prejudice and bias from campaign groups

Sat, Nov 05, 2022 18:15
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2022 Tour de France (Copyright: A.S.O/Charly Lopez)

Cycling UK slams Northern Ireland’s “baffling” Tour de France bid when active travel strategy puts cyclists “at risk”

"It's baffling Northern Ireland will put so much care, attention and likely funding into hosting the Tour de France for a couple of days while failing to make everyday cycling safer"

Tue, Nov 01, 2022 12:55
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Tour De Force Pt 1 – Low Sun.jpg

“Dazzling sun” deaths disproportionately affect vulnerable road users

Almost three-quarters of the people killed on British roads between 2017 and 2021 in incidents where low sun was cited as a contributory factor were cyclists, pedestrians, or motorcyclists

Fri, Oct 28, 2022 17:13
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Big Ben © Simon MacMichael

Write to your MP to help save active travel funding, urges Cycling UK

Charity warns of Halloween “fright night” for walking and cycling when Chancellor announces Budget at end of this month

Wed, Oct 19, 2022 14:40
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London cyclist approaching junction.jpg

Government urged to end “human cost” of “dangerously lenient” driving bans for repeat offenders

The failure of some courts to take a motorist’s driving history into account when issuing sentences has created “a loophole within a loophole”, says Cycling UK

Sun, Oct 09, 2022 12:49
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phone driver in Bristol – screenshot via Tom Bosanquet on YouTube

CPS drops prosecution of helmet camera cyclist who delayed traffic by seconds while filming law-breaking driver

Cycling UK hails legal win in case involving Bristol rider who shot footage of one driver using phone at wheel and another ignoring a red light

Fri, Oct 07, 2022 10:56
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Coast to Coast Walk sign – CC BY-SA 2.0 by geograph.org.uk on Wikimedia Commons

Cycling UK slams Government and threatens legal action for “excluding” cyclists and horse riders from new Wainwright Coast to Coast National Trail

From 2025 the famous Wainwright Coast to Coast route in northern England will become a National Trail, but there are currently no plans to make it fully accessible to cyclists and horse riders

Sun, Oct 02, 2022 13:16
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